College Application Essays

I was a little wary at first of leaving my home, that was amidst the miles and miles of corn, and going to school where there were more people on my dorm floor than in my entire development back home. There was a part of me on the inside that knew this was going to be a great step into a new beginning and I haven't looked back. While I am at school I work at Pollock Dining Commons and...

Supplemental Essay: Diversity statement

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I wrote about how I skipped AP Calculus AB and went right into AP Calculus BC from Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus. I wrote of how my teacher consistently told me I had a "Good F" and that wasn't good enough for me. Eventually I did receive a 5 on the AP exam and went on to receive 8 college credits for that exam.

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My extracurricular activities in college, and why I chose them

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I am a member of the Penn State Marching Blue Band and it is one of the...

My favorite course thus far, and why

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History 100 with Dr. Fagan
He was awesome. This course was pretty much show up and listen to him lecture. There were about 40 students including myself and he really wanted us to pass. If we...

5 adjectives that describe a typical student at my school (Feel free to elaborate!)

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Loud!
If someone yells WE ARE anywhere on campus you are sure to hear a resounding PENN STATE. Now take that response and multiply it by about a million and that's what it feels like at Beaver Stadium on a Football Saturday.
Enthusiastic
Because there are so many extracurricular activities available on campus you can...

How I chose schools to apply to

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Architectural Engineering is only offered at less than 30 colleges and universities in the world. Needless to say, my options were pretty limited. I then narrowed down my choices by location, atmosphere, temperature, and sports...

Why I declined other schools

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I declined Worcester Polytechnic Institute because it was freezing cold most of the academic year, it didn't seem to have the atmosphere I wanted. They also didn't really have sports to be successful at. Drexel is located in Philadelphia, PA. I live in...